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Business Forum requests extraordinary audit of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s finances
Brian McRandal, chair, Larne Business Forum Larne Business Forum has written to Communities Minister Gordon Lyons requesting an...
Mar 20, 2024


Councillors ask why Mid & East Antrim’s household recycling rate is worsening
Most other NI councils use one blue wheelie bin with items sorted elsewhere, apart from Mid & East Antrim, and Newtownabbey. Food amounts...
Mar 18, 2024


Mayor of Mid and East Antrim celebrates Irish Language Week 2024 with special event
(Left) Mayor of MEA, Alderman Gerardine Mulvenna pictured with Le Che’ile, and (right) with Irish dancers Holly Lockington, Hannah...
Mar 17, 2024


Mid & East Antrim’s sports stars celebrated at awards!
Mid and East Antrim Sports Awards winners and sponsors pictured with Lady Mary Elizabeth Peters, LG, CH, DBE. The best in local sport was...
Mar 15, 2024


Oh Baby Ultrasound Clinic grows service offering with backing of Council start-up programme
Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council Alderman Gerardine Mulvenna pictured with Phillip Gooderham, Managing Director of...
Mar 14, 2024


Community gardeners from Cullybackey and Ballystrudder celebrated at Translink Ulster in Bloom Awards
Cullybackey - Winner of the Large Village Category in Translink Ulster in Bloom 2023. Winners of the 2023 season of Translink Ulster in...
Mar 14, 2024


MEA bin collections, household recycling centre and toilet closures for upcoming public holidays
Ahead of upcoming public holidays, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has provided details for bin collections, as well as household...
Mar 13, 2024


Would you like to ask Mid and East Antrim Council a question?
Do you have a question you would like to ask your local Elected Members or an idea to help improve your area? If so, Mid and East Antrim...
Mar 13, 2024


Ardeevin reception on the move to new home in The Braid
This April, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s reception service in Ardeevin will move from its former base on Galgorm Road to The...
Mar 11, 2024


MEA Council responds to consultation on development of offshore wind farms
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has responded to a Department for the Economy consultation on the potential development of offshore...
Mar 11, 2024


Council imposes maximum fine for fly-tipping in Mid and East Antrim
Fly-tipping in Mid and East Antrim will result in a penalty of £400 after councillors approved a steeper fine at a recent meeting of the...
Mar 10, 2024


Councillors ordered to return to town hall meetings as DfC announces end to hybrid working
Councillors have been ordered to return to town halls in person after emergency legislation put in place during the Covid pandemic...
Mar 9, 2024


Mayor attends Belfast Region City Deal Briefing which will benefit towns in Mid and East Antrim
Pictured is Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Alderman Gerardine Mulvenna and Council’s Major Projects Programme Director Jonathan McGrandle....
Mar 7, 2024


Councillors consider derelict town centre buildings across Mid and East Antrim
A quarter of properties in Larne town centre are vacant, according to an audit carried out by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council...
Mar 6, 2024


Council ‘MEANZ Business’ in delivering Net Zero targets with transformative new project
L-R: Connor O’Dornan – Mid and East Antrim Borough Council Net Zero Innovation and Delivery Manager, Nicolas Wallet - Climate Global...
Mar 5, 2024


Have your say on new leisure, health and wellbeing centre at the St Patrick’s Regeneration site
Come along to Seven Towers Leisure Centre, Ballymena, on Thursday 7 March to have your say on innovative plans for a new leisure, health...
Mar 5, 2024


Charges removed in five town centre car parks in Mid and East Antrim
Pay machines taped-up and signs advising drivers of the Council u-turn in Ballymena. (Images: Eugene Diamond, Diamond's News) Businesses...
Mar 1, 2024


Scale Slemish Mountain this St Patrick’s Day!
Get your walking shoes at the ready and join the hundreds of visitors at Slemish Mountain this St Patrick’s Day for the annual trek up...
Mar 1, 2024


MEA play park to be saved from Council cuts in memory of Scarlett
County Antrim schoolgirl Scarlett Rossborough who sadly died in a tragic road accident last August. A play park under threat of closure...
Feb 29, 2024


Plans to see more than 200,000 new trees planted at Woodburn Forest
Aerial photo of Woodburn Forest, County Antrim. More than 200,000 trees are to be planted in Carrickfergus through an ambitious...
Feb 28, 2024
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